Problem with logging into XP

[tontod]

A friend of mine is having trouble logging into Win XP. He said he downloaded a utility to clean a virus, I am thinking it screwed something up. Now it asks him for a login and password on the initial logon screen. He didnt use a password before, it was blank. He has tried multiple attempts, has not been successful. Can the logon screen be bypassed somehow? I was thinking a bootdisk might help?

 

[johnjkr1]

Had the same problem with a client, basically, his user profile got messed up so it started to ask for a password. Your friend can try to boot into safe mode and restore the system using system restore. If that doesn't work (it didnt for me), you can repair XP. I had the client boot to the xp disk, choose enter to install xp, it gave him the option to repair, he did that, and he was back up and running with all his data and programs intact.

 

[airfoil]

Start in safe mode and try logging in as Administrator, assuming you can remember the password set during installation.

 

[tontod]

Typing in the administrator password dosent work either.

 

[Shad0plex]

 

[Shad0plex]

I have had numerous clients with that problem. What we do is boot with ERD Commander and run Winlock through it. You can change the password with that. Has worked each time. I did have to do it 2x on one machine..must have been an error on my end the 1st try tho because it worked fine after the 2nd.
Other than that the repair option during XP setup should do it also without damaging anything.

 

[tontod]

What is ERD Commander?

 

[tontod]

Reinstalling dosent help. I fixed the user accounts, changed the passwords. What happens is that after you type in the login/password, you are able to log in, but within 2-3 sec. windows logs you off. There isnt even enough time for the desktop icons to come up.

 

[tontod]

Anyone have any suggestions? Choosing the repair option during the re-install didnt help. Is there any way to go straight into XP without having to type a login and password to log in? I know you can do that from within XP, but any way to do that without logging into XP first? I think a virus may have infected his computer.

 

[tontod]

Anyone have any ideas? I want to find out if there is a way to disable the login screen in XP without getting into Windows.

 

[Sianath]

There isn't a way built into windows to bypass the login screen without having the user credentials. If you are able to log in (correct username/password) but get kicked back out immediately, you have other problems.

I'd open up another machine, go into computer management (right click my computer, manage), connect to your problem machine, and look at disk administrator. Make sure drive letters are correct. If that got changed, we'll kick you back to login because we can't find the pagefile.

 

[dgseik]

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

my friend use this to clear the password for his client
it works great...

 

[dgseik]

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

my friend use this to clear the password for his client
it works great...